Inside the Yuanying Suite on the top floor of the luxurious hotel where the delegation of the rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic was staying …
Li Yao had just set up the barrier rune arrays that could block all the eavesdropping and peeping magical equipment when he grunted and collapsed on the chair with a painful expression.
Heiye Lan was greatly shocked. "Master Spiritual Vulture, what's wrong?"
"My Dao heart is slightly shaken."
Li Yao frowned hard. Holding his chest, he said, "Fellow Cultivator Hei, help me consolidate it!"
"Huh?" Heiye Lan asked.
"When we were in the Ancient Sages Sector," Li Yao said, "we were all determined to pledge loyalty to the Imperium of True Human Beings and join the true path of immortality after your fancy description. We were planning to sneak into the Xing Yao Federation, sabotage it, and help the Black Wind Fleet cooperate with them!
"However, Fellow Cultivator Hei, you and I have been together for more than half a year. We are quite close to each other. Now that you have been honest with us, I don't want to keep it a secret from you, either.
"After we came to the Xing Yao Federation, we saw not only their magnificent army and the vastness of the seven Sectors, but also the confidence and courage of the Cultivators, as well as this … magnificent, boundless' grand-unified Spiritual Nexus'. Let's be honest. The so-called 'remote country' does not seem to be a country that will be annihilated the moment the army arrives!
"Therefore, my loyalty to the Imperium of True Human Beings and my belief in the true path of immortality are gradually shaking and slipping toward the Federation's side.
"Fellow Cultivator Hei, please preach the superiority of the Imperium and the true path of immortality and help me consolidate my belief!"
"Well — well — well …"
Heiye Lan herself was still dwelling in the greatest shock. Her belief was shaking like a dry leaf in a storm. She stammered for a long time, but she did not know what to say.
Li Yao's eyes suddenly shined. He frowned deeply and asked, "Why are you hesitating, Fellow Cultivator Hei? Is the Xing Yao Federation so awesome that even your belief is shaking?"
"Of course not!"
Heiye Lan jumped to her feet as if she had been bitten by a mouse. Every hair on her body was standing up like steel needles.
However, after being horrified for a long time, with her eyes wide open and her mouth half open, she had no choice but to admit that it seemed to be the case!
As an elite warrior of the Imperium, the daughter of the commander of the Black Wind Fleet, and a high-level Immortal Cultivator, Heiye Lan had never thought that she would be caught in such an absurd and unreal situation.
She was a real Immortal Cultivator, a noble warrior who had sworn to fight for the future of the civilization of mankind for the rest of her life. 'Only the true path of immortality can save the civilization of mankind' — that had been inculcated into her by the adults since she was born. She had no doubt about it, either!
Even when the claw fleet she was in was crushed by the barbarian fleet in the desolate sea of stars, and she was stranded in the Ancient Sages Sector all by herself, her loyalty and belief in the true path of immortality were not shaken at all.
Such a firm belief drove her to devise an enormous plan with passion and strategies beyond the limits of her abilities, trying to fish up all the top experts of the Ancient Sages Sector once and for all.
Despite the twists and turns and the unexpected factors in the process, the final result did not seem too bad. She had indeed convinced the twelve top experts of the Ancient Sages Sector to march to the Xing Yao Federation, the territory of the barbarians at the border of the Ancient Sages Sector!
When she just jumped to the Dragon Snake Space Zone, the development of the Xing Yao Federation that she had observed seemed to be slightly more advanced than expected.
But it was not a big deal. If it were purely in terms of territory or military strength, it would not have been enough to compete with the invincible Black Wind Fleet.
At the very least, she had read a lot of articles written by the refugees of the Uranian Ring Sector, the Nether World Sector, the Water Crystal Sector, and the Forest Ocean Sector in the Dragon Snake Space Zone, such as' Great Prophecy! The Xing Yao Federation Is About to Collapse! ' All the articles belittled the Xing Yao Federation as if it were not worth mentioning at all. It seemed that the Federation would be killed on its own even without the Black Wind Fleet taking action.
What she had seen on Firefly had further strengthened her belief.
Although the rebellion that Ding Zhengyang and Cheng Xuansu launched failed, it at least suggested that a lot of Immortal Cultivators existed within the government-in-exile and the Xing Yao Federation. There was also an organization of Immortal Cultivators such as the CFIA, which was deeply rooted in the capillary veins of the Xing Yao Federation and could launch a large-scale rebellion at any moment.
Then, when the Black Wind Fleet approached, the CFIA took action, the Immortal Cultivators all revolted, and the twelve experts of the Ancient Sages Sector on her side launched a destructive strike at the heartland of the Federation. How could the Xing Yao Federation possibly have any chance of winning?
That was what Heiye Lan had been thinking before she set foot on the homeland of the Federation.
She had always been incomparably confident and proud. She had come here with a pitiful attitude, as if she was looking at a half-dead person with one foot in the grave.
But she did not expect that what she would see in the Federation would be such a scene.
It was a world that was entirely different from the way of life that she had been taught since she was a child and that she believed to be the most natural way of life. It was a brand-new civilization that she had never thought of even in her most absurd nightmares.
Not to mention the enormous fleet that the Federation had built with the orbital docks of the Uranian Ring Sector, not to mention the high confidence of the common Cultivators such as' Ling Xiaole ', and not to mention the peaceful, happy, and prosperous lives of the ordinary people in the cities of the ring worlds, just take the grand-unified Spiritual Nexus and' Civilization 'for example!
The crystal processors of the Imperium of True Human Beings were more developed than those of the Xing Yao Federation. Of course, they had the 'Grand Illusionary Land' and all kinds of immersive virtual worlds, too.
In fact, even the Federation's' Civilization 'was derived and developed based on the' brainwashing system 'on the exploration starship of Su Changfa and the rest of the Immortal Cultivators of the Imperium.
The Imperium had the Grand Illusionary Land, too, but it was mainly used for learning, training, and communication. There were a lot of restrictions when it was used. It was also impossible for the stupid and humble 'hominoids' to use the Spiritual Nexus on a large scale, which was the privilege of the Immortal Cultivators.
Heiye Lan had never known that the virtual worlds born from the collisions of the Grand Illusionary Land could be so vast and abundant. She had never thought that the Grand Illusionary Land could be used to enlighten the 'hominoids' who were considered by the Imperium and the Immortal Cultivators to be absolutely unenlightened. The Grand Illusionary Land could even be used to collect the opinions of the 'hominoids' on the national affairs so that the 'hominoids' could decide the future of a civilization!
Even the humble hominoids were allowed to discuss the national affairs. Such a world was too dreadful!
Heiye Lan felt that she saw fish flying in the sky, birds swimming in the ocean, the sun turning into a square, and the trees growing upside down with their roots piercing into the sky.
It seemed to be an impossible world, but everything was in order, stable, and efficient!
How is it possible?
The Cultivators of the Xing Yao Federation obviously boast tremendous strength and wisdom. Why are they so nice to the hominoids and even enacting all kinds of laws to restrain themselves and lower their heads to the hominoids? Wouldn't they be asking the hominoids to step all over them and become lawless?
The hominoids here look different from the hominoids in the Imperium, too. Why are they so peaceful, happy, and even seriously involved in the management of public affairs? They really think that they can fight side by side with the Cultivators and protect the country together!
"Why? Shouldn't the so-called hominoids be an inferior species that is stupid, selfish, greedy, cowardly, shortsighted, and crazy? Delivering a civilization to the hominoids is like delivering a beautiful and abundant orchard to hungry monkeys. It will certainly be ruined by them! Why is the 'orchard' here not ruined by the 'monkeys'?
Propaganda. This must be the propaganda of the Federation. The Federation was trying to persuade Firefly to join the Imperium in the first place. Naturally, they had to present the best side of the Imperium to the delegation and the so-called 'Team Red Lotus'!
"But, but is it really possible to fake such a large-scale publicity campaign? They don't seem to be hiding their dark side at all. They are even showing it to us on purpose!
Horrifying. This is too horrifying! Even the loyal warriors of the Imperium and the true path of immortality who were captured ten years ago have been bewitched and brainwashed by them and completely transformed into Cultivators! What kind of country is the Xing Yao Federation exactly? What exactly is the path of the Cultivators?
Heiye Lan screamed crazily in her heart and shuddered beyond her control.
Li Yao stared at Heiye Lan without batting an eyelid. "Fellow Cultivator Hei, speak. Why are you so quiet? Compared to everything we see right now, what are the advantages of the Imperium and the true path of immortality? I can tell that the people here are living a rather happy life, at least much better than in the Ancient Sages Sector. Therefore, joining the Federation doesn't seem like a bad choice. What do you think? "
"This, this is all fake!"
Heiye Lan calmed herself down and gnashed her teeth hideously. "The — the Federation must've exhausted the potential of the entire civilization in a certain way to satisfy the needs of the hominoids before our eyes! Everything — everything is just glamorous on the surface. They are strong on the outside but weak on the inside. They are too weak to withstand a single blow! When the Black Wind Fleet arrives, I don't believe that the Cultivators and the hominoids can really work together and fight side by side under the heavy pressure of the war! "
"Is that so?"
Li Yao smiled. "Therefore, you do not deny that the life we saw just now is not bad, but you are worried that such a system and such a path of the Cultivators cannot cope with the pressure of the war, right? In other words, if the war can be won, you do not object to living in such a world, right? "
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